Frontier.
' VOLUME XXU.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1902.
_NUMBER 42.
Prolonged Silence on the Excess Ft e
Matter Is Finaly Broken by
County Attorney.
WANTS ITEMIZED STATEMENT
Could Furnish the Board Evidence in Bethea
Case hut is Unable Now to See Through a
Kn.thole With Knot Fulled Out.
County Attorney Mullen has at last
been heard from regarding the over
charge on fees made by John M.
Stewart while Sheriff of Ilolt county,
• and upon which the county is short
between six hundred and seven
hundred dollars, The county attorney
spent several days last week digging
around over the records at the court
house, and evidently has encountered
what he wasn’t looking for. He went
before the board Tuesday with a vol
uminous written statement supple
mented by sundry verbal statements,
questions and assertions.
The gist of the: attorney’s state
ment was that no accurate informa
tion, no itemized statement nor bill
of particulars of Mr. Stewart’s over
charges in fees had been furnished
him; that these should be forthcom
ing from the board before he could
take the necessary legal step to re
cover to the county what it lost by
reason of the last populist sheriff.
It is very laughable that Mr. Mul
len is so strangely dull of comprehen
sion at this juncture. At the Jaunary
meeting of the supervisors the county
attorney went before the board with
the records, abstractions and deduc
tions to prove that William Bethea,
while hold fog office as county clerk,
was unlawfully paid $200 and was
therefore short tint amount. He
urged it upon the board and was very
anxious to serve the county to its re
covery. Now this great populist re
former is singing another song. He
wants the board to produce the evi
dence. In Bethea's case he handed
them the “evidence;” in Stewart’s
case he wants an itemized statement
of the overcharges.
The main thing Mullen and the
pop gang at O’Neill want is to dodge
the disagreeable task of prosecuting a
member of the boodle gang. If there
was any inclination on the part of Mr.
Mullen to perform one-half of his
sworn duty to the tax payers of Holt
county who have elected him to office
he can find all the evidence and
“itemized statements” needed to
convince him of the allegations in the
fee book at the sheriff’s office. This
he knows full well. This he is de
termined not to do, and until the
sovereign voters of the county have a
chance to elect a county attorney
in the due course of events the
county’s money is likely to remain in
the hands of the boodlers.
The board has taken no action yet
upon the communication tiled by the
county attorney, but they say they
are able to furnish Mr. Mullen all the
evidence he wants. >';
The Market
South Omaha, April 16.—1The cattle
market may be quoted 10 to 20c lower
than a week ago. The receipts have
been good, with a large proportion of
them fat, hay-fed westerners, which
have sold as high as $6.15. In addi
tion there have been enough corn-feds
to fairly supply the demand. There
is much complaint among the con
sumers of the large cities, of the high
prices, which will probably result in
reducing the consumption of both
beef and pork.
We quote choice 1250 to 1500 beeves
at $6.30 to $6.80, with a possible price
of $7 or more for fancy beef. - Good
1000 to 1250 steers at $5.75 to $6.25,
and fair 900 to 1050, $5.25 to $6.
Receipts of cow stuff, etc., light,
prices being steady to strong on fat
kinds. Choice cows and heifers bring
$5 to $6 butcher grades, $4 to $4.75;
canners, $1.50 to $3; veal calves, $4 to
$7: bulls, $2.75 to $5.25; milkers and
springers $30 to $45.
I lockers and feeders are firm at
55 to $5.35 for choice, others from
londay started in with very light
iepts of hogs here but. next two
as brought 20,000. Prices average
sr 20c higher than a week ago and
ige from $6.65 to $7.15, The esta
te of receipts at Chicago for this
3k is light. Their market closed
ak and 5 lower today,
leceipts of sheep continue fair,
h prices steady to strong. Choice
abs $6.50 to $6.90; fair to good, $6.25
$6.50; light yearlings $5.75 to $6
ivy vearlings $5.50 to $5.75. Good
3hoice wethers $5.20 to 5.65, ewes
a 5.50, others 4 to 5. Feeding lambs
3 to 6 wethers, elippep, 5.20 to 5.40.
Kye & Buchanan Co.
1. W. Smith had business at Inman
SHEEP MEN MEET.
Wi:liam Purdy Is Chosen as Presi
dent of Association.
W. F. Purdy of Inman, Frank Em
erson of Cataipa, P. ,T. Donohoe, E.
X. Eaton and B. F. Williams of
O’Neill. M. T. Elliott of Scottvllle, X.
T. Jones of Chambers, E. li. White
of Inman, F. J. Manchester of Inez,
E. L. Purdy of Swan, F. II. Griffith of
Meek and F. W. Phillips of Star, all
prominent sheep men, were in O’Xeill
Tuesday attending the meeting of the
Ilolt County Wool Growers’ associa
tion. General discussions were in
dulged in and a protitable meeting
was had all around. The follow
ing officers were chosen:
President , William Purdy of Inman;
vice-president, F. W. Phillips of Star;
secretary, Frank Emerson of Cataipa.
The object of the association is to
consolidate their interests in the
matter of shipping the W’ool.
The plan is to arrange with the com
mission men to send a man to O’Neill
to buy the wool, the association to fix
the date when all of them will bring
the products to market. They will
hold a meeting again on May 10 in
O’Neill when a date will be decided
upon when all will be able to market
their wool.
In the meantime they expect to
enlist as many of the sheep men in the
county in the association as possible.
All the wool growers of Holt and
adjoining counties are wanted at the
meeting on May 10.
Trouble About Mail at Emporia
No mail lias been received from
Emporia the past week by the Short
Line trains, the cause being a little
set to between the postmaster at
Emporia, 1). C. Harrison, and the
postal authorities. Some ten days
ago a crane was put in at Emporia for
delivering the mail sack to the postal
clerk instead of the train stopping as
formerly. Mr. Harrison refused to put
the mail pouch on the crane, as he
claimed it was unsafe for him to make
the ascension above terra tirma neces
sary to liook the mail pouch upon the
crane, the construction of the same
not being such as to be safe to venture
upon. The crane consists of an iron
frame the height of a car with an iron
platform about four feet above the
ground and"an iron ladder leading to
the platform. The postal authorities
inspected the crane and pronounced
it all right. The postmaster at Em
poria was then ordered to deposit the
mail pouch on the crane, to take
effect the 14th, which order has not
been complied with to date, so reports
Mail Clerk Woodruff of the Short
Line.
Be Careful What Y u Shoot
£>n the evening of April 15 the open
season for wild ducks and geese closed.
After that date all having such game
in their possession will have five days
in which to dispose of it. All found
with such property in their possission
after one week from today, April 21,
will be liable to line and imprisonr
ment for violating the law.
With the closing of the duck and
goose season comes the opening of the
season for wild pigeons, doves and
plovers. The season for this class of
game is open from April 15 to (Sctofcer
50, but Chief Deputy Game Warden
George B. Simpkins says this is a
mistake made by the legislature. It
is his opinion that through an
error the opening of the season was
made April 15, instead of July 15, and
lie requests all true sportsmen to re
frain from shooting wild pigeons,
doves and plovers until the latter
date. This time of the year they are
nesting and are not edible, anyhow.
Woman Slays Wolf.
Chambers Bugle: The other day
while Mr. Cooper and the boys were
away from home, a large wolf
chased by Bard Hanna’s dogs was
cornered in Mr. Cooper’s corral. Mrs.
Cooper fearful for the safety of her
children, armed herself with a club
and went to assist the dogs, but they
Observing her approaching with a
club quit their at tack on the wolf and
tied. Determined that the wolf
should not escape Mrs. Cooper pluck
ily attacked him and by a few well di
rected blows she stretched mister
wolf senseless on the ground where he
was quickly finished by a couple of
young pups belonging to Mr. Cooper.
Puidic Sale.
There will be a public sale of horses
and cattle on April 22, one mile north
and one mile east of Scottville. Also
will offer for sale one thoroughbred
Mammoth jack and a thoroughbred
bull. C. A. Peterman. 42-lpd.
Coining to O’Neill, Friday, April
18, tlie Ilalldorson Photo Studiocar,
equipped for high class photographic
work. Photos finished in your city,
therefore no delay. Only two weeks.
—Ilalldorson Photo company. 42-1
^ A perfect reproduction of [mpniJ DLJfH.inPDIIDLJP<&.
sound is obtained only by [UloUll I llUlUJbllAl liO
-with the now molded records.- ‘==3^’
A n~w ine of Rec rc/s A new line of Phoec
at c*o!*j* graph at
a no GEM S1°
g>O.UU STAD RD - 20
per one D zen. HOME - - 30
A full line of clocks, watches and jewelry.
Wm. M. LOCKARD, „* The Jeweler. jL.
At Corrigan’s Drug Store.
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MINOR MENTION
D. C. Horton of Ewing had busi
ness at O’Neill Wednesday.
John Mosher of Dorsey was deliver
ing trees about the city last week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Price went to
Atkinson Tuesday for a few days
visit.
Lewis Storms and wife of Spencer
were in the city Tuesday and Wed
nesday.
Ed Purdy of Swan was in town
Tuesday attending the sheep men’s
meeting.
WANTED—A girl for general
house work. Enquire at F. E. depot,
upstairs. 42tf.
Mrs. S. J. Weekes returned last
evening from a visit to Omaha and
Tekamah.
FOR SALE—My restaurant second
door south of postoftlce, O’Neill, Neb.
—Mrs. Woodruff. 42-3pd
Walt Evans, editor of the Meadow
Grove Press, was an O'Neill visitor
the first of the week.
Mrs. J. P. O’ Donnell was an F. E.
passenger this morning for Omaha,
where she goes on a visit.
F. M. Harrison made a trip to At
kinson Tuesday where he intends to
purchase horses for the market.
Earl W. Wood of Ewing and Susie
Senteney of Dtstin were married by
County Judge Morgan the 10th.
For Sale—Three large work horses;
in good flesh and averaging 1400 each.
—W..P. O’Rrion, Saratoga, Neb. 42-tf
T. B. Fowler of North Bend, one of
the directors of the O’Neill National
bank, was in O’Neill the first of the
week.
FOR SALE—Twentyeight head of
cows, heifers and calves. Sold at a
bargain if taken soon.—Mrs. Ed
Slattery.
Col. Mose Elliott, the enterprising
sheep man of Scottville, was attend
ing the conference of sheep men in
O’Neill Tuesday.
Marriage license was issued Friday
by Judge Morgan to Mr. Morton
Greeley of Phoenix and Miss Kitty
Price of Atkinson.
M. M. Snllivan has bought the
Ryan building opposite his store and
will open a saloon therein. The price
paid was $1,800.
(j. Morrow was over irom spencer
Sunday. He reports Boyd county on
the boom and a large amount of
building being done at Spencer.
The Halldorson Photo company at
O’Neill two weeks only. Remember
high grade work and reasonable
prices. A trial order solicited. 42-1
The German Medicine company is
doing comedy and supplying the
mentally and physically afflicted with
remedies at the opera house this week.
Credit is due William Laviollette
for t wot birds of a block of the best
plank walk in town, which now
streches the entire length of his
premises.
Pat Sullivan returned from Omaha
Monday evening where lie was to
see his mother who is in the hospital
for cancer. He reports her condition
to be improving.
J. W. iGallelier of Atkinson was a
caller at The Frontier headquarters
Friday last. Mr. Galleher says he
expects to move to Lincoln about the
first of next month.
William Berry, son of Tom Berry of
Paddock, departed this morning for
E hnenton, Canada, where he expects
to locate in the new country recently
thrown open for settlers.
A number of O’Neill people have
been planning to go to Sioux City
today to hear William P. Redmond,
member of the British paGiament
from Ireland, speak upon the Irish
race. Redmond has been touring
this country in the interests of the
Unitetl Irish League and is an ardent
laborer for his country’s cause.
I). C. Brown of Ballagh Garfield
county was in the city Monday. His
brother Harry, of Omaha and sister
I came up and will spend a few days
■ with him at his ranch,
j Strayed—One black mare, weight
1400, white star in forehead, heavy
witli foal. Any information concern
ing mare to be sent to the owner,—
S. S. Morrow, Amelia' Nebr. 42-1.
The attention of those interested
is again called to the meeting of
the Protestant Cemetery associa
tion at t lie "Episcopal chapel on next
Monday evening at 8 o’clock.
FOR SALE—Olfer wanted on 100
acres, section 1, township 30, range
15, west 6th p. m. in Holt county.
Address Charles Lusk, 80 Glenwood
avenue, Binghamton, N. Y. 42-4pd
The young ladies of Mrs. Cole's
Sunday school class will serve supper
of warm biscuit, maple syrup, cake,
sherbet and coffee at the home of
Mrs. Cole on Friday, April 25, from 5
to 7.
We wish to express our gratit ude to
the friends who have extended their
aid and sympathy in the hour of our
affliction, which seperates from us
our beloved wife and mother.—Walter
H. Keeler and family.
C. A. Yiquist of Ray paid The
Frontier a short call yesterday. He
had marketed a load of corn in town,
which, he says, was the first in the
eighteen years he has been a resident
of Holt county.
Miss Alice Stewart of Sioux City,
daughter of ex-Sheriff John
M. Stewart, visited in O’Neill a few
days this week. Miss Stewart has
charge of the mail department of
Davidson Bros.’store in Sioux City."
F. A. Reynolds of Arlington, Neb.,
has been in the city a few days this
week. He is here looking over the
country for a summer ranch. Mr.
Reynolds is a member of the board of
supervisors of Washington county.
Land Office Inspector William
McMillan was in the city the first of
the week 'checking up Jthe land
office. He found tilings in splendid
shape and congratulated Register
Weekes and Receiver Deaver upon
their method of conducting the
affairs of the office.
Strayed—From my place, 20 miles
north of O’Neill, at Blackbird, five
head of horses, four of them branded
X bar on left shoulder and one pony
white spot in forehead, white hind
feet. Any information will be re
warded.—Tom Berry, Blackbird,
Neb. 42-4pd.
xne nign senooi class is matting
preparations for the commencement
exercises and have ordered handsome
cards for the occasion. The exercises
wiil be held on May 23, and the class
is composed of Misses Calista Payne
and Nellie O’Fallon, and Messrs.
John Gallagher and Rob Hunt.
George Bay of Meek, who deals in
registered PolandChina hogs marketed
a registered sow upon the O’Neill
market this morning. The hog is one
of the nicest looking ever sold upon
tlie O’Neill market, being sold to
Cowperthwaite and son for $<>.70 per
hundred pounds, the highest paid for
several years. The hog tipped the
scales at 510 pounds and brought her
owner $34.17. It evidently pays to
breed thoroughbred hogs.
George V. Manny wa" arrested Fri
day on complaint of U. A. Hoyle on a
charge of stealing a riding plow. The
hearing was had before Judge Morgan.
Some seven or eight witnesses were
examined and it appared from the
testimony that Doyle had taken a plow
from Manny on the st rength of some
dealings with his brother Ferris who
is now in Washington. Doyle chained
the plow to a tree at his place and
Manny cut the chain and conveyed
t lie plow away. Manny was found
not guilty at the hearing and
the plaintiff immediately commenced
action to replevin the plow, which
it seems Manny has m hiding. The
replevin suit will be heard tomorrow.
THE GRIM REAPER.
Death Comes to Keeler and Cary
Homes.
Keeler—Alice, wife of W. II. Keeler,
of consumption, died on Saturday,
April 12, aged 31 'years, (i months
and 13 days.
The deceased was born at Jackson
ville, Minn., August 30, 1870. She
was well known in O’Neill, where she
spent most of her girlhood. She was
a daughter of I. 1?. Smith, one of the
pioneers of this community. On
December 1, 1889, deceased was mar
ried to \V. If. Keeler, who, with six
children, survive -her. They have
made their home in O’Neill, Fremont,
and other towns in the state, at
present their home being Wausa.
About two weeks ago Mrs. Keeler
came to O’Neill and was at the home
of her father at the time of her
death. She was a member of tile
Royal Neighbors, and was insured for
$i,ooo.
The funeral occurred Monday at
the Presbyterian church and the re
mains interred in the Prptestant
cemetery.
Carey—John ft., died on Saturday,
April 12, of oibitis, aged 39 years.
The deceased had recently moved
to O’Neill from his ranch southwest
of town known as the Blabon ranch.
Me was sick but a short time. The
funeral occurred Monday at the house
conducted by Rev. Rominger. The
Modern Woodmen and Woodmen of
the World lodges, of which deceased
was a member, were in attendance.
A wife and four small children survive
him. He had $5,000 life insurance
and leaves other property to the value
of about $20,000.
A bay bennon on Advertising.
There is a good deal of clap-trap in
dulged in about patronizing catalogue
houses. The Frontier is of the
opinion that the one that does the
advertising will get the business,
whether catologue house or neigh
borhood merchant. The reason cata
logue concerns sell the oceans of goods
they do is because they advertise a
definite article at a definite price,
selling at the least possible figure the
goods advertised. Many, in fact most,
country merchants advertise at ran
dom, with no definite purpose in view,
with no knowledge of what or how to
advertise. They fill a quarter, half or
full page of a newspaper with glitter
ing generalities and after you have
read it you don't know what they
have for sale, whether it is just a
little, better than you can get else
where or what it is going to cost you.
The paramount issue with everybody
is the price; that is the first thing
everybody wants to know. If the
price is omitted in a general mer- 1
ehandise ad the purpose of the ad is
for nothing and the merchant will
settle down on tire conclusion that (
advertising doesn’t pay. The con- |
cerns that are selling the goods ex- i
pend thousands of dollars every year ;
in advertising telling the people defl- |
nitely what they have for sale and .
the price of each article. ,
Advertising pays, but not the i
glittering generalities displayed in
handsome type and artistically pan- i
nelled in beautiful borders. Adver
tise definitely—say what is needed to
deserible the thing to be sold and no
more—give the lowest profitable price
and-you will find results. I
Stub Ends.
Joseph Payne arrived in the city (
last Thursday evening for a few days
visit with his mother and sisters.
This is the first time any of his family
have seen him for ten years, most of
which time he has spent in Alaska.
Mr. Payne left Tuesday for Cape
Nome, where he expects to join his
brother.
I hose windy days we experienced
tli<* latter part of March reminded
the editor of the Harwell Tribune of
the lines written by a school boy who
was told to compose a sentence using
the word “wind,” and who relieved
himself as follows: “The wind it
blode an’ fetched the dust up from
the rode: then ma’am she eust ’cause
dad’s new shirt was on the line an’
caught the dust as it was tlyen.”
Tuesday night, with the moon
softly shining and stars twinkling
above, a band of boys with horns and
noise went out to serenade a couple
that hadn’t been married. Not until
they had “blowed and thumped for
two hours in a fruitless endeavor to
command recognition did they dis
cover their error, when each one
sneaked off home alone without look
ing the others in the face.
Pasture Notice
’ Cattle wanted to pasture during
summer, on Wade ranch twelve miles
southwest of O’Neill; 7000 acrejfenced
pasture, runing water and windmills;
$1 for season. Will Woolverton,
O’Neill, Neb. 41-2pd
BOARD IS_PBTITIONED
Ewing People Are Wanting a Road
Coming Into Their Town
Very Badly.
TOM BERRY CHASED THE CLERK
Obj« ted to Being Awkened at. Blcrbt and
Called a “Drunken Hobo"—Hietake of
the Hotel Han.
Tlie board of supervisors went into
regular sessipn on Monday and have
been busy all week examining peti-'
tions for roads and bridges in various
parts of the county. A half dozen
or more Ewing men were up yesterday
importuning the county board with a
voluminous petition for a road in
section 9, township 26. range 9, run
ning northeast from Ewing townsite.
Tlie petition bore the names of every
tax payer in Ewing and those for
miles around and will probably “go
through.” Besides, a plat of the land
and proposed road was personally pre
sented and explained to the board.
The object of the road is to give Ew
ing more direct communication with
t he country northwest of the town.
The rood asked for passes through
land belonging to John Feltz, who
asks 81,200 damages. The appraisers
have assessed the damage at 8700.
The matter will probably be laid over
until the next meeting of the board.
Small bridges were allowed for the
South Fork, Sandy and in the Agee
country. _
rom Merry oi raaaocK was pacing
restlessly up and down the streets of
O’Neill at a late hour last night In
voking the cool breezes to soothe his
heated nerves and calm his maddened
temper. lie had retired to rest at an
sarly hour in a room over Keys’ flour
ind feed store which the Ogden hotel
is using for lodgers. He was sleeping
the sleep of the just when rudely
iwakened by a hand laid upon his
shoulder and the stenorious voice
:>f the Ogden night clerk shooting
forth: “Get out of here, you dnutken
hobo!” Tom knew he had gone to
bed sober and he didn’t intend (to be
counted otherwise. The clerk soon
liseovered his error and made a break
for the door to escape the fury about
to burst from the enraged Tom, who
itrenuously objected to being awaken
ed in this manner. Notwithstanding
he nude attire of a sleeper he chased
/he frightened clerk back to the hotel
md then dressed himself and went
>ut in the cool night air to meditate,
file clerk had gone to the room to
how a guest his bed when he discov
red Tom and supposed it was some
vondering wine-bibber sleeping off
lis drinks.
Surprise Party.
A surprise party was given Tues
day evening on Miss Clara Zlmmer
nan. Some fifteen couples were in
endance, all intimate friends of Miss
limmerman. The occasion was a
iappy one and was in honor of the
oon departure from O’Neill as a bride
if Miss Zimmerman, whose marriage
o Mr. John E. Sturdevant of Long
Pine occurs this evening. Each of
he guests brought their friend a tin
vare utensil.
High Grade Bulla.
We have twelve or fifteen high
mule Short Horn and Hereford bulls
'or sale, yearlings past. Also twenty
lead of two year old heifers with
:alf. Were all shipped here from
Hastings.
41-3pd. Cowperthwaite & Son.
I have a lot of grain that I baught
iince the drop; can sell right. Also a
ot of flour and feed of all kinds.
Fancy patent 90c a sack.—Con Keys.
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